Halstread:jonathan_L: Halstread: Wait, I thought there were 5 matches / tests in this particular competition? Why would the humiliation be 4 - 0 and not 5 - 0, whats the current "score"?

Match 3 was a draw. No points given.

You can have draws in cricket, after days and days of playing? Well then.

I believe it's more common in Test Cricket (which The Ashes is) than in other forms. If you really want to see the big bats swing and results more common, check out T20. I prefer Test, but I still think T20 is a blast.

And that's stumps on Day 1. Australia 307/4. They have to be pretty happy. And WTF was England thinking with their bowling selection, unless they have basically written off this match as a training and evaluation exercise?

FrancoFile:And that's stumps on Day 1. Australia 307/4. They have to be pretty happy. And WTF was England thinking with their bowling selection, unless they have basically written off this match as a training and evaluation exercise?

Possibly. Although I did like what I saw from Woakes. With some more experience he could become quite good.